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Finally! Bloglines Blog Search — Ask.com, which owns the most popular stand alone web based feed reader, Bloglines, has just rolled out its long awaited new blog search engine. — Ask/Bloglines has been the subject of a considerable number of jokes over the last year, after promising a blog search engine last summer.
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New Ask.com blog search and Bloglines upgrade (but no new UI) — Ask.com is releasing a new blog search feature on their search engine, as well as integrating search more into their leading web-based RSS Reader Bloglines. You'll recall that Ask.com (or Ask Jeeves as it was known then) …


Yahoo Battles YouTube, But Forgets to Bring Flickr — The new Yahoo Video product is launching tonight (Wednesday) at 9 pm PST. The big change? Yahoo Video is targeting YouTube by allowing user-generated videos on the site. The biggest disappointment? The product is not being integrated (yet) into Flickr.
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Red Hat creates social networking site — Prominent Linux distributor Red Hat has revealed a new open source social networking service called Mugshot. Designed to facilitate integration of live social interactivity into the desktop computing experience, Mugshot emphasizes communication and entertainment.


PC's That Are a Lot Smaller Than a Breadbox — An OQO-01 PC running Windows XP weighs 14 ounces and is not much bigger than a BlackBerry. The OQO above is being used with a foldable keyboard. Chris DiBona carries his BlackBerry for phone calls, and as he put it, "the whole mobile dude look."
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Fuel cells in laptops edge closer — Electronics companies are promoting fuel cells as an environmentally-friendly and convenient alternative to traditional lithium ion batteries. — The technology promises to supplement or replace today's batteries in laptops.
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Skype software to ship on Dell laptops — Skype's voice over Internet Protocol software that allows people to talk for free over the Internet will ship on Dell's new XPS notebooks. — The Skype software will be offered as part of Dell's audio/video communications package on the new XPS M1210 …


The 100 Best Products of the Year — Powerful computers, handy services, tiny utilities, mammoth HDTVs—our editors' top picks include all these and a whole lot more. Plus: the worst products of all time. — You know how many new-product pitches we get every year?


Banks Honor Bogus Checks and Scam Victims Pay — Trying to sell his 1968 Mustang online, John Schaefer received what appeared to be a firm offer from an overseas classic-car dealer. The buyer sent Schaefer a check for $14,000 even though Schaefer was asking only $8,000.
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Briefly: Intel-based Xserve due this summer — May 31, 2006 - Apple's Xserve may find Intel processors inside of it ahead of any Power Mac upgrade, sources report. Intel is currently on track to deliver Woodcrest, the code-named successor to its Xeon processor targeted at servers, in June …


500 Hour Test of Tomorrow's Windows "Vista" — Only Nine More Months Until Windows Vista Goes Live? — Many publications don't take the time or trouble to look behind the scenes when writing about new operating systems or other software. Users who specialize in software matters …

AMD Live! PC Launch Backed By Free Media Apps — Platform Push Backed By Gateway, HP, Orb Networks, Streamload — AMD's partners are expected to announce the first PCs based on the AMD Live! entertainment platform on Tuesday, the day that AMD will begin to make available a number of specialized …


Unshackling your digital media player with Zing — How often have people wished their iPods were wireless, so they could download their digital content on-demand, wherever they were? — Although Zing can't solve that problem for iPod owners, the new Bay Area company is hoping to provide always …

Microsoft officially launches paid security product — SEATTLE — Security software makers, the 800-pound gorilla has landed. — Microsoft will announce Wednesday that it is releasing software that aims to better protect people who use its Windows operating system from Internet attacks.
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D: Al Gore on Current.tv and global warming — Former Vice President and almost President Al Gore discussed his new venture Current TV and global warming with Kara Swisher and Walt Mossberg at D this evening. Asked about why he chose cable TV over a more pure Internet content play for his content venture …
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